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Specication of Letters Patent. Y

, Y Application meer@ isieemai no. 831m.

To alllgbz'om it mczjz/ conce-'1in n lie ithnown .that I, HIRAM il'. SroNEN- nUne, o citizen of the. United. States, resid ing at Gurnee, in the county of Lake and. x n v 5 intate ot Illinois, have invented certain new and useful llnprovementsin .Rail-Anchors, of which the following is'a, specificati-on,

. ./My invention venting the longitudinal. creep of reilroad heineT commonly called rail anchors, rail stays or anti-Creepers; eind. .the invention hes ferrite primary 'object to provideen anticreeping device which will be inexpensive" to manufacture, light in 15 weight, easily applied to the rail and which,

when in operative position will e'ectively i'nointain its hold upon the rail under varied conditions.

The invention has for a specific object vto and improvedfforin/ of rail anchor in which oneun/thelpa-rts consists of e spring whiehris'pnt under stressV when the device' isep'plied to the rail so :is t0 absorb /looseness duel tonnequel expansion. and con- 1/25 traction of the rml and the parte of the :tn-

chor iesulting. from temperature changes, sind so as to prevent the relatively movable partsof the device from being shaken loose i of the rail or othery their operativ( relationship,

The inventionherein disclosed has certain features in common with the l:invention elis-v closecl in Inv coepeniiiing application Ejeriml Whatever is common to the two :i-.pplications is claimed in the application above referred te and is cliscleiined herein.

The invention ie illustrzztechincertein pre 4e ierred embodiments, in the accompanying drmvings; wherein Figure is :i view, in elevation; of o, rail anchor illustrating one typical form oi the inventionthe device being shown as applied 4.5 tot. rail illustrated. in f plan view of the parts shown in Fig. l;

section; Fig.` 2., a,

Figs'. and 4, sectional View?= teiten on linee 3--3 and 4:*4, respectively, oi Fig. 2; 5, :i vi ew, 1n perspective, of the spring inem- 5'0 ber of the device; F i 6 a View similar to Fig. l, illustrating amodication; Figi. 7', a sectional view tekenen e, and Fig. 8, a. view, 1n nerepeetlve, of the relates to device fornprespring member of lthe device preceding two figures.

Like characters of reference designate like .parte in the several figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, 10 deeignates e v rfilroad rail and. l1 one of the cross ties on which the rail vis snpported. --WThe-enihodi-mentV of the invention shown in Figs.v l to 5V inclusive, is 11i-ede up 055 a, yoke 12 preferably formeel with a, small jew 13 at one end engaging one edge of; the hase ofrail i0 and et the other enel with e larger jaw 14; and of e tie abutting clement l5 which is provided. with spring member 1G formed so that normally it has e slight curvature from end to end. A notch orv recess 17 is formed between the part of theI elel'heazring against the tie 1l and the spring member 16 which permits the spring member to entend over and' cee-r upon the upper surface of the loose of the rail.

The device is applied to the rail hy plee ing the element 15, i6 in the position above described and then' driving the yoke element as for up on the Spring 16 es it will go. is the position. of the element l5, 16 is fixedhy its abutment against the li any tendency o'V the rail to creep increases the stress between thev yoke and the spring meer ber by Ll further movement of the yoke toward the tie. P-ieeraililjy the rear encl'l of the Spring member 16 is formed with o, tooth 18 which bites into theV upper surteee of the rail hose.

A modified construction. embodying the Sinne general principle is shown in and. 8. The anchor in this cese consists oi shown the e yoke 19 and a spring wee-@e member 20 whicn engages hot-h the upper anni lower surfaces on? the rail bese and is formeel with. a. tie abutting ringe 2l. `(.)ne of the platee forming the clouhleweflge or cori" men/liber, prefemhly the upperplate 22, is howeii vironia end to end so that when ie' is placed upon the rail instantie up 'rom the opper surface of the base flange. 'The .plato is compressed when the yoke' 19 is criveri'in place. Preferably the' inner erige of the plate 22 hears against the npetenflmg 'web of the ire-il 10 and is formed et opposite ends with teeth 24; which 'bite `into, the roil-Wlfien the'plate 'is compressed by the yoke. "lihe teeth 18 enel may, if desired, hejeet .nete

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the rail base with a hammer after the anchors are in operative position on the rail.

f While have described my invention as embodied in certain preferred forms and constructions, modifications might be made without departure from the principle of the invention. Therefore I do not wish to be understood as limiting the invention to the lparticular arrangements, constructions and devices shown and described except so Ifar as certain of the claims are so limited by their express language.

I claim:

1. A rail anchor comprising a tie abutting element formed with a spring member adapted to bear upon the upper surface of the base of the rail, and a yoke which embraces the rail base and said spring member and puts the latter under stress.

2. A rail anchor comprising a tie abutting element formed witlra spring member adapted to bear upon the upper surface of the base of the rail, and a yoke which embraces the railbase and said spring member and puts the latter under stress, said spring member being formed with a tooth which bites into the rail.

3. A rail anchor comprising a tie abutting element formed with a spring member adapted to bear upon the upper surface of the base bf the rail, and a yoke which embraces the rail base and said spring member and puts the latter under stress7 said spring member being formed with a tooth which bites into the upper surface of the base flange of the rail.

4. A rail anchor comprising a tie abutting element formed with a spring member adapted to project over the base of the rail, and a yoke whichembraces 4said rail base and said spring and puts the latter under stre'ss.

5. A rail anchor comprising a tiecabu'tiing element formed with a springl member adapted to project/over the base of the rail and which is bowed up from the rail from end to end, and a .yoke which embraces said rail base and said spring and puts the latter under stress.

'6. A rail anchor comprising a tie abutting element formed with a spring member adapted to project over the base of the rail and which is bowed 'up from the rail from end to end and formed with a tooth adapted to bite into' the rail, and a yoke which embraces .said rail base and said spring and puts the latter under stress.

,7. A rail anchor comprising a tie abutting element formed with a spring member adapted to project over the base of the rail and which is bowed up from the rail from end to end and formed at each end with a tooth adapted to bite into the rail, and a yoke which embraces said rail and said spring and puts the latter under stress. A

8. A rail anchor comprising a tie abutting element formed with a spring member adapt ed to project over the base of the rail and to bear against the upstanding web of the rail, and a yoke which embraces said rail and said spring and puts the latter under stress.

9. A rail anchor comprising a tie abut ting element formed'with a spring vwedge adapted to project over the base of the rail and to bear against the upstanding web of the rail, and a yoke which embraces said rail and said spring and puts tlie latter under stress.

10. A rail anchor comprising a tie abutting element formed with a spring cuff which extends around one e-lgc ot' the base ofthe rail, and a yoke which embraces the rail base and said cuff.

11. A rail anchor comprising a tie abutting element formed with a spring cu which extends around one edge of the base of the rail and bears against the upstanding web of the rail, and a yoke which embraces the rail base and said cuff.

12. A rail anchor comprising a tie abutting element formed with a cufll which extends around one edge of the base of the rail and bears against the upstanding web of the rail, and a yoke which embracesthe rail base and said cuf.

13. A rail anchor comprising a tie abuttin element formed with a spring cuff which extends around one edge of the base of the rail, and a yoke which embraces the rail base and said cuff, .said cuff being forlmed with a tooth 'adapted to bite into the rai i 14. A rail anchor comprising a tie abutting member provided with a wedge-formed spring cuff adapted to extend around one edge of the base of the rail and to bear against the upstanding web of said rail, and a oke which embraces said rail base and cu i 15. A rail anchor comprising a cuii.' which surrounds one edge of the base of the rail and bears against the upstanding web of said rail, and a yoke which embraces the rail base and cuff; one of said elements being provided with means for giving the device a fixed position in the road-bed against the tendency of the rail to creep.

16. .A rail anchor comprising a spring cuff which surrounds one edge of the base of the rail and bears against the upstanding web of said rail, and a yoke which embrace the rail base and cuff one of said elements being provided with means for givin lthe device a fixed position in j the roabed against the tendency of the rail to creep.

17. A rail anchor comprising a' spring cuff which surrounds one edge of the base of the rail, and a yoke which embraces the rail base and cuff and exerts a bending pressure against the latter; one of said elements being ovided with means for giving the device a ed position in the road-bed against the tendency ofthe rai] to creep.

18. A. rail anchor comprising a spring Wedge-shaped on" which surrounds one edge of the base of the rail and bears against the upstanding web of said rail, and a yoke which embraces the rail base and cu'; one of said elements being lprovided with means for giving the device a ixed position in the road-bed against the tendency of the rail to creep. y

19. -A rail anchor comprising a spring Wedge-shaped cu which surrounds one edge of the base 'of the rail and is formed with a tooth adapted to bite into the rail,` and a yoke which embraces the rail base and cuff one of said elements being provided with means for giving the device a xed positionk in the roadbed against the tendency of the rail to creep.

20. A rail anchor comprising a tie abutting element formed with a spring member adapted to bear against the rail, and a yoke which engages the rail base and said spring Imember and tlexes the latter.

adapted to bear against a flat surface on the base of the rail, and ayoke which embraces the railbase and said spring member and 'lexes the latter.

2:2. A rail anchor comprising a tie abutting element formed with a bowed spring member adapted to bear against a flat surface of the base of the rail, and a yoke which embraces the rail base and said spring mein ber and fiexes the latter.

A rail anchor comprising a tie abutting element formed with a bowed spring member adapted to bear against a flat surface of the base of the rail, aidl a yoke which embraces the rail base and' sind spring member and iexes the latter, said spring member being formed with a tooth which bites into the rail.

24. A rail anchor comprising a tie abutting element formed with a bowed spring member adapted to bear against a 'flat surface of the base ot the rail, and a yoke which embraces the rail base and said spring member and iexes the latter, said spring member being formed at each end with a tooth which bites into said rail.

HIRAM H. SPONENBURG.

Witnesses:

L. A. FALKENBERG, G. Y. SKINNER. 

